The Barclays Premier League thread 2015/2016

[MDK]

Just now, Troy Saint said:

 

 

[Noah]

Two articles on Van Gaal/the future of the United managerial position.

Why Louis Van Gaal is not to blame for Manchester United's failures

Van Gaal lucked out on youth – fortune that may be lost amid a summer reshuffle

[MDK]

[Gazz]

I've won two trophies in four months with kids.

[Benji]

6 minutes ago, Gazz said:

I've won two trophies in four months with kids.

@9 to 5, do you have anything to say on this matter?

[MDK]

They don't count if you buy them from a shop, Gazz.

[Benji]

2 minutes ago, MDK said:

They don't count if you buy them from a shop, Gazz.

The kids or the trophies?

[MDK]

Either, either

[Rich]

@Gazz It's not "winning trophies" when you pull birds in Walsall.

Also two in four months is a shocking rate in Walsall.

[Gazz]

I'd rather be relegated than pull in Walsall.

[9 to 5]

10 minutes ago, Benji said:

@9 to 5, do you have anything to say on this matter?

I sure do!

 

 

 

 

 

Well done to Gazz and his team.

[Hobo]

3 hours ago, Mad Jack said:

Can we stop doing the "you won't win nothing with kids" thing with every team that we perceive as being, as Nerf says, "young and inexperienced"? Not only is this Spurs side not inexperienced (seriously outside of Bentaleb, Onomah, Winks and N'Jie they've all played at least 100 first team matches in their careers thus far - and Betaleb and N'Jie are both fairly experienced internationals), but the side that Alan Hansen famously said wouldn't win anything included 6 players under the age of 20 and had before that season played a combined total of 114 first team games, and most of those were for Gary Neville.

It also had the likes of Gary Palister, Steve Bruce, Brian McClair and others. You can't really pretend that United side was all made up of kids. There were enough experienced pros around to help that side manage it's way through games.

[The Lusophone]

Just now, TLHobo said:

It also had the likes of Gary Palister, Steve Bruce, Brian McClair and others. You can't really pretend that United side was all made up of kids. There were enough experienced pros around to help that side manage it's way through games.

Which would be why I wasn't. I was only talking about that particular game...

[Benji]

It did sort of read like you were talking about the season as a whole considering the context being spoken in

[Lineker]

Talking about kids, we're apparently having some difficulties in signing the highly-rated Marcus Edwards to a senior deal. Hope that gets sorted sooner rather than later.

[METALMAN]

Yes, it would be a tremendous shame to have him eventually succumb to the hype and amount to nothing at another team when he could do it at Tottenham.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

To be fair although our squad is young we have Lloris, Dembele and Vertonghen as the older spine.

Walker's got around 250 games for Spurs.

Eriksen has 56 caps for Denmark and over 270 games for Ajax and Spurs.

Alderweireld has over 270 games in Netherlands, Spain and England.

Son has nearly 50 Korean caps and 150 games in Germany and England.

Lamela's got more than 160 games in Argentina, England and for Roma.

 

Our squad is young but somehow Poch has developed a squad that is both young and yet experienced beyond its years.

[Gazz]

Dele Alli has more first team professional career appearances than any other 19 year old in the top five leagues. He has made 125 appearances not including internationals.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

7 minutes ago, Gazz said:

Dele Alli has more first team professional career appearances than any other 19 year old in the top five leagues. He has made 125 appearances not including internationals.

...and he's the new boy!

[DavidMarrio]

1 hour ago, Gazz said:

Dele Alli has more first team professional career appearances than any other 19 year old in the top five leagues. He has made 125 appearances not including internationals.

Football beneath the prem doesn't exist you should know that